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A Russian court has ruled that the Moscow branch of the Church of Scientology should be dissolved.
The Moscow city court accepted the arguments of Russia's justice ministry that as the term "Scientology" is a registered US trademark, the Church cannot be considered a religious organisation.
The organisation plans to appeal, reports said.
The controversial church is based in Los Angeles, California and was found in 1954 by science fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard.
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Russian Court has Ruled the Church of Scientology Should be Dissolved
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(Score: 4, Interesting) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Thursday November 26 2015, @04:30AM
In my understanding, the court case that held that scientology is a religion only holds force of law in just one state.
They were sued for practicing medicine without a license, as that lie detector gadget acts in a manner somewhat conceptually - CONCEPTUALLY NOW! - to clinical psychotherapy.
Scientology's defense was that the lie detector - clearing? - was a religious ritual.
If indeed it has not been appealed then every other state in the union, possibly the federal prosecutor could sue them.
But this hasn't been done. Why, do you suppose?
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